So I had been sitting round feeling a bit blaahhh with myself and noticed some of the pics that had been taken of myself and I was really not liking what I had seen. So about 1 month ago I decided to do something about that. I joined Weight Watchers online. It has been great. I have lost about 10 pounds with that so far. I find it easy to track my points because I always have either my iPad or iPhone with me. I find it easy to follow as well because I don't find that I am too restricted on it and I can eat what I want on it just in moderation. The main thing is that it makes you accountable for everything that you eat. I realized just how much I snacked before and how I really didn't pay attention to what I was eating.
So for the past month I have been doing that and making a conscious effort to make sure I got in some form of exercise at least 4-5 times a week. Some days have been more intense and some have just been cardio. My favourite thing to do is to sit on the recumbent bike and ride and read. My books of choice (obsession) lately have been "Fifty Shades go Grey/Darker & Freed" (But that will have to be talked about in a whole other post). I found that I could read and ride and it would make the time go by faster. I have kind of been at the same weight now for the past 2 weeks (fluctuated up and down a little bit with the holiday that just passed).
So I started thinking that I needed to try something more. So today I decided to start The Turbo Fire DVD's.
I had tried them out before but had not continued with them. So I am going to try my best for the next couple of months to get through these. Now I know that the summer is coming and I do work the night shift but I am going to make a conscious effort to get in better shape and get healthy. It was very encouraging and motivating to watch all the success stories on the internet.
I started with them tonight. I did the first video and it wasn't too bad. I used my little heart rate and calorie watch that Chad and the kids got me for Mother's Day and it said that I burned about 750 calories. Not too bad for the first day. I really enjoyed myself it was hard but it felt good. I even decided to take my measurements and some starting pictures. (Those won't be posted on here and they are not very nice, so I hope they will provide the motivation that I need to get me through)
Chad has been very motivating and has been doing a great job himself. Just after I joined Weight Watchers he started doing George St. Pierre's Rushfit DVD's. He has been doing great at following them and is looking mighty fine. He said he feels stronger and he is very motivated to get through them.
So that is our story for now. It is the beginning of a long journey but one that we will work together and motivate each other to get though. Until next time.
